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| Don Pedro Moctezuma | |
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| Father | Moctezuma II |
| Mother | María Miyahuaxochtzin |
DonPedro (de) Moctezuma Tlacahuepan Yohualicahuaca (1511-1570) was a son of theAztec emperorMoctezuma II and María Miyahuaxochtzin, the daughter of Ixtlilcuecahuacatzin, ruler ofTollan. He became a nobleman and ruler of theSpanish Empire after the conquest of the Aztecs.
Son to Moctezuma II and brother toIsabel Moctezuma, he was a child during thesiege of Tenochtitlan, where he was hidden by his partisans until the battles ended. Afterwards he was acknowledged by both Mexicas and Spaniards as legitimate successor to Moctezuma.[1] Spain offered Aztec nobles status in the new socio-economic system by assigningencomiendas, labor tributes conveying the aristocrats in Mexico. As a son of the emperor, Pedro Moctezuma inherited noble status inNew Spain, receiving his own encomienda in Tollan.[2]
In 1528, now as an adult, he accompaniedHernán Cortés to Spain with a great native entourage to honor King of Spain and Holy Roman EmperorCharles V, after which he returned New Spain in the same fleet asBernardino de Sahagún.[1] He was made governor of his native city bySebastián Ramírez de Fuenleal, ruling from 1530 to 1539. During all of this tenure he had a political enmity with fellow Mexica nobleman Francisco Aztlatl, who accused Moctezuma of various crimes, possibly in retaliation for Pedro accusing him ofidolatry in a previous occasion. Their quarrel continued for years and caused Moctezuma to be exiled and reinstated multiple times.[1]
Towards the end of 1539, he journeyed to Spain again in the company of other native noblemen, hoping to solve the dispute and separately claim an heritage, which includedcacicazgo ofTula. It is believed he also sought a Papal dispensation to be able to marry his cousin Inés Tiacapan, which his sister Isabel opposed by political reasons. In his absence, leaving his mother as a regent, his lands were invaded by Aztlatl's partisans. Although Moctezuma returned with a royal decree ordering to put an end to the conflict, the latter would outlive him after his death in 1570, being inherited by his sons Martín and Diego.[1]
TheCounts and laterDukes of Moctezuma de Tultengo are descended from Moctezuma II through Pedro Tlacahuepan and his son Diego Luis Moctezuma (Ihuitl Temoc), who went toSpain. Diego Luis' son, Pedro's grandson, Pedro Tesifón de Moctezuma y de la Cueva was created Count of Moctezuma byPhilip IV of Spain in 1628.
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